Too many hobbies... Never enough time

I have come to the conclusion that I have probably too many hobbies... but then, can there really be such a thing? Can a person have too many activities that make them happy, relaxed, and productive at the same time? One of my first hobbies was reading. I don't remember being taught, I just remember reading. My mother tells me she taught me when I was about 18 months old. I know she read to me quite a bit, and I'm sure Sesame Street didn't hurt, so who knows? She could be right.

But this lead to my second hobby, which the teachers at Mary Phillips Elementary School had a huge hand in... Writing. This has always been just something I did when I was depressed, and my poetry is usually so dark it would make Edgar Allen Poe cringe. He was always one of my favorites.

I tried hard for the longest time to learn to knit, crochet, and sew. For quite a while, I could only hem pants, and then not very well. I was nearly 23 years old when I finally learned to crochet, and sewing would wait another 7 years. Knitting remains something to be attained.

Cooking and baking are also hobbies, but not as much as I used to. Video games and television were never really a part of my life until recently. Thanks to my friend Danielle, I have gotten my most addictive hobby. I am forcibly taking a break from it so I can make sure that I don't get out of control, although to most I already am. I am talking about living in the World of Warcraft.

For those of you who do not know, it is an online role playing game. This is the next step in my role playing career, cause I had been playing pencil and paper games like Vampire, Werewolf, D&D, and Spycraft for years. There are many wonderful things about World of Warcraft that far surpass these traditional games. For one, you don't have to keep track of hit points, or do any math yourself. I have met and played with people from all over the world, usually military people. I have people to talk to and play with at all hours of the day and night, so if I am having a night where I can't sleep, I can always get on the game.

There are still so many things to learn, and I am glad for that. I never want to stop learning how to create something or do something. It has been a good day.